52-53 Hornet tail light lenses

Kdancy
Kdancy Senior Contributor
edited September 2011 in HUDSON
Were some of these mounted with screws and some held in place just by the surround?

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  • Kerry, Thats about the size of it. Hudson origionally used glass parking and tailight lenses at the beginning of the 1952 production. However shortly after the 52 production began , Hudson had Autolite produce the screw- in plastic lenses and surrounds. I.C.G had lost the contract so plastic instead of glass became the cheaper way to go. They are not compatable with one another. If someone wants to be period correct and have an early production 52 Hornet they try to get the glass lenses. They are tough to find and no one reproduces them. Plastic lenses on the other hand are being re produced and really unless you are a stickler you would never know the difference between the two.
  • There are also some plastic lens out there with no holes to relace the glass ones Just adds to the confusion
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    That explains why I have one (plastic) without screw mounts.
  • GrimGreaser
    GrimGreaser Senior Contributor
    edited September 2011
    I have one of each. Lens that is, the PO attached the 'screw-less' lense with the 8-32's. Both are plastic with the exact same letters and numbers on them, one is just missing the screw bosses.

    I added the blue-dots. Only a slight pucker factor boring the holes in 50+ year old cracked plastic. :blink:

    This was mostly an excuse to post picture of my taillights... :)




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